Damaliscus pygargus - #610
Blesbok
Front view. Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi.
Geographic Distribution
Formerly in SW Lesotho, South Africa (Northern Cape Prov. E of 23oE, Eastern Cape Prov., Free State, North-West Prov., Gautung, Mpumalanga, and NW and W KwaZulu-Natal), and Swaziland; now only in captivity, or as reintroduced populations in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Introduced on private land in Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
Order/Family
Bovidae
Genus
Damaliscus
Specific Epithet
pygargus
Image Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Lionpark
Image Date
1980
Photographer
GC Hickman